Introduction to Intel® Smart Response Technology on GIGABYTE Z68 Motherboards

[jlei8aX]

this sucks..just buy a freaking ssd with bigger storage and use it as your primary drive. My pc boots in 24secs cold boot and 21secs restart and shut downs in only 5

[whatexitvideo]

Can anyone help me? My Smart Response Technology interface screen doesn't have an "accelerate button" Do i need a new version of the software or something?

[ilibasic]

zz.zzzzZZZz my starts in 7.5sek.. 1ssd OCZ :)

[Justaguyinnc]

is there a way to VIEW the cache drive to see if files are actually on it?

[Justaguyinnc]

I purchased new board and OCZ ssd to use this.. but.. although everything looks right.. in system report it shows size: 56GB Available Space: 0 GB.. is this normal? I noticed the drive appears no place in Win7(64bit) .. So I now don't know if the drive has always been broke or normal?

[Justaguyinnc]

oh btw this is found by hitting HELP and going to system report in Intel Rapid Storage program.. shows everything green checked and ids etc.. but Available Space: 0 GB..???

[xymox007]

So this is really only beneficial if you are using a smaller size SSD, correct? Otherwise if you have a larger size SSD (120GB+) may as well install the entire OS on that drive and use your older TB drive for storage/backup.

[KpopEnglishVersion]

Worth it?

[shawnspeed3]

Are you that Dell dude?

[GOKK999]

im interested in using the intel smart response with my GigaByte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68.

need to buy an ssd though.....

anyways does doing this speed up gaming in any way?

[yuri00r]

Some one, please answer me: Can I install a SSD and use ISRT in my PC without formatting the HDD?

[HostDavid]

@yuri00r Yes, think about it: In this video he installed Windows on the HDD, he then set up the ISRT (formatting only the SSD), and rebooted the system. Windows was still installed, so you know the HDD wasn't formatted.

[yuri00r]

@HostDavid Oh, thanks ^^

[joaoelchico]

CAn i use intel smart reponse if i install windows on the SSD

[vTyPox]

Enit what a goon he looks propa jokes lol

[maflagulator]

The look on his face at 3:52 is priceless!! LOL

[josebrid]

rpm of the normal hd ??? 7200 or 5900?

[SalandFindles]

@josebrid 7,200

[jewie27]

Download the latest drivers from the website, why use the cd?

[JoeVSvolcano]

Why do people waste there time benchmarking boot time? Its NOT about boot time, its about application load and wait time in it! Personally I'd ditch the boot example (Useless), and show the diff between a 20G SSD +1TB Smart Response system, and a 100% SSD System without smart response.

[msi48701gb]

now instead of buying a motherboard and ssd why not buy a seagate XT momentus hybrid which i think can give better performance than this srt technology.

[techhead085]

I did everything exactly how he did but when i go to reboot i get missing bootmgr

Please help me and comment or message me how to fix this

[jeremymtc]

@techhead085

DO NOT plug in the SSD until you've already installed the OS and Intel RST driver. There is a bug of sorts, where it seems that Windows writes a portion of the OS boot files to the SSD if installed. This results in a "boot/bcd" error message on reboot after enabling RST. Banged my head off this issue for several hours before trying Windows install with SSD disconnected, and then it worked a treat. Hope this helps.

[JdsComputerBuilds]

Mac osx shuts down in 3 seconds on a 5400rpm drive... Why does windows take longer when it has this... I don't hate windows or macs bout they both have their advantages and disadvantages

[silentcid]

@TheLionManRS

That's for booting windows. It read speeds are a lot faster in SSD Response than just the HDD alone.

[FreqBand]

Finally, a second use for my EVO besides checking email.....boot-up stopwatch.

[ScooterSteeze]

Dosent work with my board, it just hangs at Loading Operating System ... Then I have to reinstall windows. Cool!

[Manchunia88]

god what an advert to do the complete opposite of what it intended.

[fight360uk]

nice work^^test vs ramdisk?

[daigoji83]

When setting up SRT is it important to set RAID in Bios before installing the OS? Or can I set SRT after I've installed my OS?

[tomyloveu]

very nice thx for that help in detail

[joelklavins]

I don't think anyone cares about how fast a computer can shut down...

[singlecellorganism13]

Thanks, exactly what I was looking to for.

[excthour]

Meh, 48 secs vs the normal 57 secs. Not really that impressive if you ask me. Why don't they just make a PCIe card with cheap DDR3 RAM to do the caching. It'll be much faster. Better yet, why don't they get the HDD makers to increase the cache size like they're suppose to. Back in the days of 30 GB hard drives, we already had 32MB of cache size, and that was 10yrs ago!

[endocondor]

@excthour I recall drives having 2mb cache back then. Google "WD Caviar® WD300BB" and you'll see they came with 2MB of Cache. NOT 32mb.

I do like your other ideas though.

[excthour]

@endocondor You're right, I'm wrong. I must be getting old. Memory is beginning to go...lol.

[Allies19991]

@excthour however he uses the files once, so if he uses them loads then the SRT will recognize this and then move more of the files over to the ssd meaning that if you were to (for example) setup srt and use google chrome once then there would be a slight imporvement however the more you use chrome the more the srt recognizes this meaning it will get faster as it learns what programs you use.

[strik30fd00m]

@excthour Because DRAM is volatile and loses its data upon losing power

[mnagmobile]

@excthour that's one scenario. on average and almost everyday things it's 3-4X faster on almost any aspect. Loading, games, editing, etc. So for the price of a cheap 50 dollar SSD that is great price-performance ratios.

[Terrorjoekel]

@excthour that would be the best since there wont even be a slow bios startup since you dont need the RAID setting. Do you know if there are HDD's that do have 32mb of cache?

[MrGermanBratwurst]

@excthour You know that HDD and DDR3 cache is not persistent....

if it would, we could`ve a hdd with 16GB/s bandwidth xD

[josebrid]

@excthour actually if you take the time it took to load the bios it was a lot faster than an 11 sec difference.

[rodcfant]

@excthour it's about a 10 second quicker boot up and 5 second quicker boot down. That doesn't sound like a whole lot but 10 seconds sitting around on a computer is nothing to thumb your nose at. But it really shines with the heavy work load. Loading programs in 38 seconds or 7 seconds? That's a huge difference. Besides, you can get a 30 gig SSD for under 50 bucks. Is that worth it? Well I guess it depends on your system but I'd say hell yeah it is.

[weirddan455]

@excthour a PCIe card with DDR3 RAM? Why? DDR RAM is volatile (it looses all the data after the computer is powered off) and making it on a PCIe would make it slower than plugging it directly into the motherboard where RAM should be.

As for the cache size on HDDs, it's not going to compare to the 20-60GB you get with an SSD.

[mnagmobile]

@excthour Because there are more people who own even small SSDs. And since SSD is the next big thing in storage; having this feature, whether you intend to use it or just go for full fledge 120+ GB SSD, is a nice touch. And it's not just boot time that is affected...

[WolfehFenrir]

@excthour

Go to newegg

Get cheap ram

Google RAMDISK

???

Profit.

[FSXFAJames]

Really thought ur cd drive was actually going to take flight....

[Rayman400]

why does the bios look like that?.. Doesn't that MB use Touch Bios?

[chris0419]

@Rayman400 maybe the drivers were not downloaded.

[Milescago]

@Rayman400 Touch bios runs in windows.

[Rayman400]

@Milescago Thought so after watching this video. Thats why i bought myself an asus p8z68-v :D

[Frodamn]

@Rayman400 pretty sure the touch bios is for when you are IN windows. Since at the start its not even at the OS so its just going into normal bios as apposed to the Touch BIOS which you can acess from the desktop

[Rayman400]

@Frodamn i got the answer for that question a month ago but thanks for the answer anyways

[denboy666]

@Rayman400  You have to install it.

[Rayman400]

@denboy666 I know that already. It is a 5 month old comment so I'll forgive you. Thanks for replying :P

[wilfeatscheese]

@Rayman400 Yeah "Touch Bios" is actually a program within windows ! the bios still looks like ass :/

[duciiiii]

@Rayman400 Touch Bios is instaled in windows like a regular windows application. 

[Rayman400]

@duciiiii if I remember correctly that is the 4th answer since that time I posted that comment. But still, thanks for the answer :D

[FlossBandit]

@Rayman400 touch bios operates through windows. but seeing that your comment is 8 months old, you've probably heard that about 15 times now. guess that's just one of the recoils of having a top comment... deal with it.

[Rayman400]

@FlossBandit fifth but who cares, thanks for anyway :D

[russbic]

@MoboTV2010

great video btw, hope you are able to contact me on my queries

[russbic]

@MoboTV2010

Hello quick questions for you. Did you test the:

>HDD + SDD in SATA3GBs or SATA6GBs

>Does it work with SATA3GBs [ONLY] or SATA6GBs aswell

>Would getting a faster HDD like a WD Black 7200RPM 64Mb cache and a

60-64GB SSD with read speeds of 400Mbs+ and write speeds of 400Mbs+ make the whole system run faster?

[kristjanzzzz]

yeah, thanks, and keep up the good work

[AmH032uTuBe]

Love the driver update application. The fact that it's designed for that series of boards and means that you don't have to search for the drivers off of the other parties' websites makes life easier. The only thing that worries me is the fact that board manufacturers such as Gigabyte and ASUS tend to take a while to get the latest ones on their download services and/or websites [sometimes never getting the latest ones].

[theone2030]

very informative thanks !!